Despite this, it's still a fantastic line-up with Peter Svidler as an excellent substitute for Kramnik. Only Kramnik, Grischuk and Caruana from the current top 10 players are absent. It will be particularly interesting to see whether Veselin Topalov can maintain his excellent recent form.

wish school were closed on big tournament like these :D can' wait.. man i want to c topalov good form also magnus growth after the tata steele ... can't wait for the surprises !! thanks chess.com for the coverage!! =D

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